Nostalgia

Goodbye, Judie

We were home in Maryland at the end of July and before the visit, my oldest friend Jen called with bad news. Her mom, Judie, had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and it was bad. Things didn't look good. I have lost other people to…

Love Is My Anchor – Lisa Leonard Jewelry

Note: the anchor necklace was provided by Lisa Leonard but words and photo are mine. It's amazing what happens when you put stuff out into the universe. I have been talking about anchor imagery for a while, because my dad was a sailor. A competitive…

Hands

We went in for a well check recently and things were different. The questions were more teen-oriented and Dex got embarrassed. Not terribly so, because HELLO, he knows EVERYTHING, but just enough to show we were entering new territory.He had to get a bunch of…

Happy Fourth of July!

I may not be too thrilled with our government lately but I still love this country! Where else can we blow stuff up in the name of patriotism??? Have a safe and fun holiday, fellow Americans!  Public domain photo from Pixabay

They Dedicated A Piano To Us.

I still can't believe it.Our annual rock concert school fundraiser, Tellerpalooza, was on May 11th and it was incredible. We raised $18,000 for Dex's school in one night - with the help of amazing performers like Gregg Tobo, John Common, Fierce Bad Rabbit, Rachel and…

Writer’s Block

When people ask me, I often say I am a mom blogger, because I certainly started out that way. Most of what I wrote about were things Dex was up to, in order to help me remember them.As he grew, I pulled back to protect…